quote:Red Dirt Music is a music genre that gets its name from the color of soil found in Oklahoma.

quote:Toby Keith was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, the son of Carolyn Joan (née Ross) and Hubert K. Covel, Jr.[3][4] He has a sister and a brother. The family lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for a few years when Keith was in grade school, but moved to Moore, Oklahoma (a suburb of Oklahoma City) when he was still young.

Toby Keith has sold more records and has more #1 hits than any of the Red Dirt Acts combined. He's the godfather of Red Dirt Country